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AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorsKester Julian Batchelor, Joey Magno, Nikhil M. Murdeshwar
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medical device comprises a tubular body comprising an outer wall and an internal lumen, and a sensor for analyzing biological matter in contact with the tubular body. A method of guiding an endoscope to a bile duct comprises inserting the endoscope into a duodenum, engaging a sensor with biological matter, electrically analyzing biological matter with the sensor to identify an electrical parameter, identifying liver bile in the biological matter from the electrical parameter. and guiding the endoscope through the duodenum based on the bile. A method of identifying biological matter comprises engaging a medical device sensor with biological matter in a bile duct, electrically analyzing biological matter with the sensor to identify an electrical parameter, identifying biological matter from a liver, pancreas or gall bladder from the electrical parameter, and outputting indicia of the biological matter to a user of the medical device.
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A medical device comprising:
A method of guiding an endoscope to a common bile duct from a duodenum, the method comprising:
A method of identifying a composition of biological matter within a bile duct, the method comprising:
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